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fuzz

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Noun

  1. A frizzy mass of hair or fibre.
  2. Quality of an image that is unclear; a blurred image.
  3. The random data used in fuzz testing.
  4. A distorted sound, especially from an electric guitar or other amplified instrument.
  5. A state of befuddlement.
  6. Fuzziness, vagueness.
  7. The police, or any law enforcement agency.
  8. Misspelling of fuss.

Verb

  1. To make fuzzy.
  2. To become fuzzy.
  3. To make drunk.
  4. To test a software component by running it on randomly generated input.
  5. To fly off in minute particles with a fizzing sound, like water from hot metal.

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